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Starbucks Strengthens its Support for the U.S. Military Community
Company announces new centralized relocation service, community building & mental health support SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Starbucks Corporation
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nCompany announces new centralized relocation service, community building & mental health support\n\n\n SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nToday, Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) is proud to strengthen its support for the U.S. military community, including partners (employees) and their families through expanded career development, mental health, and hiring initiatives. The focus areas were inspired by conversations with Starbucks Armed Forces Network (AFN), a partner (employee) resource group that welcomes, engages and empowers Starbucks Veterans, military spouses and advocates.\n\n\n“At Starbucks, two of our promises that underpin our mission are building a bridge to a better future for our partners and we contribute positively to every community we serve and, our announcements today reinforce these promises from a company grounded in human connection,” said Laxman Narasimhan, ceo of Starbucks. “I had the opportunity to work alongside many partners from our Military Family Stores. This feedback from our partners within our own military community has been invaluable to helping us offer innovative, industry-leading support where they need it most.”\n\n\nNarasimhan added, “As part of our announcement, we extend more personalized mental health support, support the celebration of heritage, and provide better pathways to develop careers at Starbucks for our veterans and our families. We are proud to call our military family members and advocates our partners and welcome the ability to recruit even more of them.”\n\n\nSupporting our partners\nTo support career development and mobility for reservist partners and military spouses, Starbucks is providing a new centralized service that connects partners to Starbucks opportunities as part of its transfer policy for partners going through relocation. It is estimated that military families move every 2.5 years on average. This resource will enable partners and their families to grow their careers within Starbucks, while navigating relocation required by the military.\n\n\nStarbucks is also building on its work with Lyra Health to ensure veteran partners and their families have personalized mental health support. Starbucks and Lyra are developing a new workshop that will be available to partners and their families later this fall.\n\n\n“Starbucks has a deep and abiding commitment to supporting...